[Kuehn12]

Dear Rummy:

There are going to be rivals to our superpower status, however using language like threat is a form of psychological warfare. It puts in the mind of the US public the notion "China Bad, America Good", as well as that China is poised to attack us at anytime. It is subtle form of propaganda to make our potentials enemies look more menacing than they are. We spend four to five times what China spends on military equipment and training. Their navy is tiny compared to ours in both size and capability. Even by their own measure they won't be a moderately size power until the middle of this century. China also has only deployed their soldiers in peacekeeping and natural resource capacities. I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ISN'T EVIL AND THE MOST OPPRESSIVE IN THE WORLD, but I am saying we don't know yet the shape and mission the Chinese Military will take, and that China's military will never meet our militaries capability. OH, WE WILL HAVE TO SHARE THIS PLANET SOME DAY WITH COUNTRIES EVERY BIT AS POWERFUL AS WE ARE, AND WE MUST NOT AUTOMATICALLY SEE THEM AS THREATS. EVIDENCE MUST BACK UP OUR ACCUSATIONS.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #6

China is not into sharing. So you should be ready for their moves. China first started this rivalry business back in Clinton days. Remember the remark of nuking LA?

[Williams]

First you said China is no where near as strong as us, then you said we have to share the planet with others just as powerful as us. Which is it and who said so? Let's get specific. Communist China is a potential enemy which we have already fought in a major war (Korea), and which is openly preparing to seize a democratic ally of ours by force (Taiwan).

[Tyche]

FAS has a lot of great info on China.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/index.html

The book by PLA Colonels are a great read on how nice China is:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/unresw1.htm
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/unresw2.htm
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/WEBRES3.htm
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/WEBRES4.htm

[canuck_conservative]

Communist China also has a large and active spying operation ongoing in the US and other Western countries, trying to get their hands on any economic and military secrets they can, to turn around and use against us.

Not exactly the behavior of a "benign" country, is it?